AJ Styles was lucky enough to have a long career inside the squared circle, but he retired back in January when he was defeated by Gunther at the Royal Rumble premium live event. There was a lot of speculation regarding AJ’s future after he retired from in-ring competition, but ultimately he decided to sign a new deal with WWE.
While talking about his new role with the company on The Phenomenally Retro Podcast, AJ Styles explained that he’s now checking out talent on the internet while also helping talent that are already signed to WWE.
“I’m on the internet checking out talent because it’s kind of part of my job with WWE now. I’m looking for talent and I’m looking to see what I can do, if I can do anything for them. If they can get better, little things like that because if there’s the possibility of them maybe get a WWE ID or something like that, then hopefully I can facilitate in getting that to happen.
As of right now it’s a little slow. There’s phone calls that’s gonna have to be made to make sure that my job is done, and it’s not just with indie talent. It’ll be NXT talent and maybe some main roster talent as well. I’m gonna go to Seattle the next Monday Night RAW, talk with talent. Sometimes you need to talk to somebody to see how they’re feeling and maybe they want to go down to the PC, and they want to work on some stuff. I’m that guy. That’s what I’m there for.
The morale, if I could help make sure it’s still there in a good way, I want to be that guy. There’s a lot of things that I’m gonna be doing, and as things come up, it’ll change. I’m sure the job will, but as of right now, that’s kind of what I’m doing.”